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<blockquote data-quote="DWChancellor" data-source="post: 7832602" data-attributes="member: 96184">Not really -- Many AIME classes are noticeably weaker than core D&amp;D classes.&nbsp; Like someone said, a bunch of the classes are built for traveling phases AIME has that core D&amp;D doesn't too... so some class powers were bled off into that too.This gets to Lowkey's predicament: how do you drop cantrips and make magic feel &quot;special&quot; without de or overpowering magic-users.&nbsp; The AIME solution is a big rewrite of D&amp;D into a new game.I do wonder if dropping most cantrips (and allowing some utility ones as short rituals like one-minute casting for mage hand) and having all other spells go off at level+1 effects would go towards making the feeling without unbalancing things too much.The loss in damage from losing a decent to-hit cantrip power would be made up by amping bigger damage spells and making them splashier in addition to their secondary effects.&nbsp; Maybe get another +1 level boost for 1-3 level spells when you hit PC level 11?Push off the X + a little magic classes and you've gone a long way to achieving what I think I'm hearing Lowkey looking for without having to carefully rebalance the whole game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DWChancellor, post: 7832602, member: 96184"] Not really -- Many AIME classes are noticeably weaker than core D&D classes. Like someone said, a bunch of the classes are built for traveling phases AIME has that core D&D doesn't too... so some class powers were bled off into that too. This gets to Lowkey's predicament: how do you drop cantrips and make magic feel "special" without de or overpowering magic-users. The AIME solution is a big rewrite of D&D into a new game. I do wonder if dropping most cantrips (and allowing some utility ones as short rituals like one-minute casting for mage hand) and having all other spells go off at level+1 effects would go towards making the feeling without unbalancing things too much. The loss in damage from losing a decent to-hit cantrip power would be made up by amping bigger damage spells and making them splashier in addition to their secondary effects. Maybe get another +1 level boost for 1-3 level spells when you hit PC level 11? Push off the X + a little magic classes and you've gone a long way to achieving what I think I'm hearing Lowkey looking for without having to carefully rebalance the whole game. [/QUOTE]

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